Best of the Classics: Great Classical Composers (reissue)

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1Winter (The Four Seasons)
violin:
Alexander Permovalsky (violinist, possibly a Scholz fake name) and Nils‐Erik Sparf (Swedish viol(in)ist)
orchestra:
Baroque Festival Orchestra (probably another Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Drottningholms Barockensemble (Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble), The English Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym assocated with Simon Addison, not the orchestra founded in 1998) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Simon Addison (probably an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”: I. Allegro non molto
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno” (Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “Winter”)
Vivaldi53:37
2Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 (Allegro)
orchestra:
Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047: I.
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047)
J. S. Bach5:38
3Partita no. 1 (Gigue)
harpsichord:
Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)
recording of:
Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: VII. Gigue
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825
J. S. Bach2:16
4Halelujah (The Messiah)
Handel3:53
5Dance of the Happy Spirits (Orpheus and Euridyke)
Gluck2:34
6Emperor Quartet (Andante, Thema)
string quartet:
Caspar da Salo Quartet (string quartet, Alfred Scholz related)
Haydn1:50
7Turkish March
piano:
Hélène Gàl (pianist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 10 in C major, K. 300h/330: III. Allegretto
composed in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1778)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1783)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 10 in C major, K. 300h/330
Mozart3:36
8Symphony no. 40 (Allegro, reprise)
orchestra:
Slovenská filharmónia (Slovak Philharmonic)
conductor:
Libor Pešek (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great” (2nd version)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1788 until 1788-07-25)
revised by:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 550), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 550) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 550)
revision of:
Symphony no. 40 for Orchestra without clarinets in G minor, K. 550 “Great” (first version)
Mozart5:01
9For Elise
piano:
Marián Pivka (pianist) and Dubravka Tomšič (pianist)
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Beethoven3:04
10Symphony no. 5 (Allegro Con Brio, reprise)
orchestra:
RSO Ljubljana (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Anton Nanut (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1804 until 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Beethoven5:59
11Moonlight-Sonata (1. Part)
audio engineer:
Südwest Tonstudio (engineering)
grand piano and solo piano:
Dubravka Tomšič (pianist)
piano:
Silvia Čápová (pianist), Debra Ruth Zobel and Dubravka Tomšič (pianist) (in 1986-04)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto (in 1986-04)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
included in:
end of starchild (video game soundtrack)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Beethoven6:06
12The Unfinished (1. Part, reprise)
orchestra:
Slovenská filharmónia (Slovak Philharmonic)
conductor:
Bystrík Režucha (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”: I. Allegro moderato
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1822)
part of:
Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”
Schubert4:40
13Piano Concerto (Andante Grazioso)
Schumann4:48
14Berceuse
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Berceuse in D‐flat major, op. 57 (ended)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1843 until 1844)
dedicated to:
Elise Gavard
part of:
Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 7), Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 57) and Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 154)
Chopin5:14
15Piano Concerto no. 1 (Allegro Maestoso)
Liszt5:31
16Lohengrin (Prelude III. Act)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III. Vorspiel
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III
Wagner3:40